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Will do!! I’m planning to just clear coat it as it sits. Not gonna sand or paint anything. The floors of the bins are actually the scrap from the doors I cut windows in a few weeks ago, so the bottom side is that off-white paint lol

Well, got some progress reports. Friday was another rain day, so me and Evan did some more work on my front bumper. Got it boxed out, just still need to do the lids, mount the winch, wire everything, and figure out pulling points.

Saturday and Sunday was pretty clear, so we jumped back on the roof for the screened in porch, framed for the skylights and started laying shingles. It’s right at a 4:12 drop so I can’t get on it, it’s just been Evan basically by himself on the roof, he’s been putting in the work. Failed to get any pics of the roof cause it’s been hot and sunny lol.

Also, first thing Saturday morning, my oscillating multi tool took a 15ish foot drop off the ladder, onto concrete on a perfect angle….still works though, but it does get hot quicker. Gonna go ahead and grab the new generation Kobalt multi tool to have on standby for when this one finally does or decides it’s smart to shock me lol

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Well…not working on the deck thanks to rain all day and probably until Saturday…now to figure out what the hell to do…

Well, it’s decked and tar papered. Shingles due as soon as we can get back to it.

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Have you ever thought about changing up the way you educate your kids??

It's been a mind bender of a journey for us...

The first year was filled with fear, thoughts of, 'omg am I destroying my kids future?!'

Then the longer we did it, the more relaxed we became. We started to see the benefits almost immediately.

Noah had less anxiety about meeting new kids, he began coping better in different environments, more confidence, happier, more belief in himself, more self-directed learning, he tells me what he's learning, he's teaching me what he knows 😍😍😍

Aaliyah is different, but she prefers picking her own path and needs no push from me to read or study. She is extremely self-motivated to learn 🤩

The longer we do it, the more I discovered just how broken the education system is. The longer we do it, the happier I am about our decision 😀😀😀

Because, the truth is, as a parent of a kid in the system, I had very little idea of my child's strengths and weaknesses, only what is provided on the report cards every other term... But being home every day... I know exactly where they struggle, exactly where they thrive and we go around what is required, and allow our beautiful kids to learn their way 🙏🙏

Aaliyah is reading countless books. Noah is reading 'The Laws of Human Nature'. Elijah is reading the 9 story treehouse series... When we left Australia, we ditched the curriculum and found absolute educational freedom. 🦋

There are plenty of ways to do education, and if your child isn't thriving in the system, switching it up is an awesome opportunity... For the kids and the family 😍💝🌱

#unschooling #worldschooling #selfledlearning #parenting #education #digitalnomad #family

Having spent time being homeschooled, in private schools and in a public middle college system for my high school years, I’ve learned that it was a waste of many years and many hours. With my daughters, I plan to unschool as much as Is feasible. I plan to make sure they can read, write and do basic math. Everything else they can figure out when they need or want to with those skills. I may have to bend the knee a bit to North Carolina’s requirements but we’ll see

I roofing is one thing I don’t do much with. I’ve helped my pops as a kid do a few (probably 4 or 6:12), and then I sold roofs for a few months. Tried to get on one to help my pops yet again just a few years ago and got instant vertigo lol. The one I’m currently building for the screened in porch, I’ll have to have one of my buddies actually be on the roof more then likely lol

New stud work scabbed in, put in with screws so it can be removed easily the next time the shower stuff needs to be repaired. Going to leave screws exposed for the panel going over this opening so it’s also easy to remove next time repair work needs to be done. Currently waiting for the Kilz primer to dry that I did on the backside of the panel (to help increase moisture resistance in case of leakage). Added another couple layers to all of the fiberglass patches. Long row to hoe yet.

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Well, from building a roof to installing new shower plumbing at my house…wife called me about 330 this afternoon saying the hall closet behind the shower had a water leak. One of the unions on the valve was just pouring out. I forgot to grab before pics but here’s where we stand: new plumbing is installed and functioning. The new hardware was a bit shorter in length than the old so I had to do some fiberglass patching, and there was some pre-existing holes and cracks where a towel rack once was so I figured I’d seal that up correctly too. We also went ahead and moved the shower head higher since we were already there. Probably got another day or more of work to get it right again. Big props to my boy Evan and my buddy/Landlord Paul, we got pretty damn far in 5 hours.

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I’m pretty excited there’s an audible version lol

Well, it has rafters now….

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